Honda class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: A group of consumers filed a class action lawsuit against American Honda Motor Co. Inc.
- Why: The plaintiffs claim Honda sold vehicles with a defective front camera system that causes multiple safety features to fail.
- Where: The Honda class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court.
A new class action lawsuit alleges American Honda Motor sold vehicles with a defective front camera system that causes multiple safety features to fail.
Plaintiff Keyana Jones and four others claim the defect affects 2018-2025 models of Honda Odyssey, Civic, HR-V, Clarity and Pilot vehicles.
The plaintiffs argue the alleged defect affects safety systems, such as forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning and lane-keeping assist.
“When the front camera stops functioning, it causes all dependent safety features to fail simultaneously,” the Honda class action lawsuit says.
The plaintiffs want to represent a nationwide class of consumers who purchased or leased a class vehicle, and state subclasses of consumers who purchased or leased a class vehicle in California, Oregon, Washington, Virginia or Maryland.
Honda failed to disclose front camera defect or issue a recall, class action claims
The plaintiffs argue Honda manufactured, marketed and distributed the class vehicles without disclosing the front camera defect. Despite growing reports of safety system failures, Honda has not issued a recall related to the defect, they claim.
Further, Honda has refused to provide compensation to many owners who have had to pay out of pocket for diagnostics or repairs and has not provided customers with adequate free repair or replacement options, the Honda class action lawsuit alleges.
“Plaintiffs and the class have suffered harm as a result of [Honda’s] failure to disclose the front camera defect in the class vehicles,” the Honda class action says.
The class action lawsuit claims Honda is guilty of breach of express and implied warranty, unjust enrichment and fraudulent concealment as well as violations of state and federal consumer protection laws.
The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and request declaratory and injunctive relief and a reward of damages for themselves and all class members.
In other recent news involving Honda, the automaker recalled nearly 60,000 vehicles in May over concerns a defect in their rearview camera systems could increase the risk of crashes.
Have you purchased or leased a model year 2018-2025 Honda Odyssey, Civic, HR-V, Clarity or Pilot vehicle? Let us know in the comments.
The plaintiffs are represented by Patrice L. Bishop of Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky LLP, Howard T. Longman of Longman Law P.C., Gary S. Graifman of Kantrowitz, Goldhamer, Graifman, Perlmutter & Carballo P.C. and Stephen B. Kaplitt of Kaplitt Legal Consulting.
The Honda class action lawsuit is Jones, et al. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc., Case No. 2:26-cv-06222, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
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19 thoughts onHonda class action alleges front camera defect affects key safety features
2018 Clarity with only 55,000 miles. Total failure of the front sensing camera. Same Diagnostic code, # U3000-49, that everyone else gets. Same quote from Honda – $2.5k. The important safety features of the sensing units should not fail like this and there should have been a recall with the sheer number of failures. We’ve been Honda owners for years – this may be my last Honda purchase.
2017 honda pilot garbage honda wants to charge me 2500$ to replace front camera?!? It still works and dash lights up randomly
2019 Honda Pilot owner
We have a 2020 Honda Odessey that had issues with the battery sensor that failed and now front view camera failed that causes the whole breaking system and sensor failure and makes driving dangerous as we can’t use the lane deviation and blind spot sensor. The camera needs to be replaced and the cost at least $900 alone for the part and at least $1000-2000 for installation and recalibration if the camera to the other sensors around the car. This is a known issue and Honda refused to replace or recall. That is crazy and unethical
My 2020 Honda Odyssey front camera failed and 6 alerts are being showing in the screen, Honda want 2.5 k for fix the problem
Diagnostic code # U3000-49
I have the same issue that just started on 7/5/26! It’s a known issue and it’s crazy that Honda hasn’t issued a recall!
I bought a 2022 HR-V and my system fails every time the temperature is over 100°, which is common all summer in Southern California/Coachella Valley. All the warning lights go on, I’ve had my emergency braking system engage randomly with no car in front of me, the entire system fails in high heat. I also had a leaking battery from day one that caused my car not to start if my car was parked for 48 hours or more. It took 3 trips to Honda with them telling me there was nothing wrong. The 4th time I got stranded at my doctor’s office an hour from my home and Honda had to come and flatbed it back to the dealership. They FINALLY admitted the battery was faulty and leaking acid all over the place and replaced it. Now my front windshield just cracked sitting in my driveway from the center top of the seal, alongside the camera system and then went sideways right in front of the center driver’s side of the window…with zero impact from anything. This is getting ridiculous.
2018 Honda Clarity
Lane assist suddenly started to veer the vehicle right while driving at night. Instinctively pulled back left, that causes a spin from the abnormal hard jerk back.
Crashed car into a median.
2022 HRV Ex. Failure to notify with orange light on dash of very close front proximity of other car at 30mph and
above.